Masaryk

American  

[mas-uh-rik, mah-sah-rik] / ˈmæs ə rɪk, ˈmɑ sɑ rɪk /

noun

1. Jan 1886–1948, Czech statesman (son of Tomáŝ).

2. Tomáŝ Garrigue 1850–1937, Czech statesman: 1st president of Czechoslovakia 1918–35.

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Masaryk British  

/ ˈmæsərɪk, ˈmasarik /

noun

1. Jan (jan). 1886–1948, Czech statesman; foreign minister (1941–48). He died in mysterious circumstances after the Communists took control of the government

2. his father, Tomáš Garrigue (ˈtɔmaːʃ ˈɡarik). 1850–1937, Czech philosopher and statesman; a founder of Czechoslovakia (1918) and its first president (1918–35)

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Example Sentences

The project is a collaboration with researchers from the University of Helsinki, Vienna University of Technology and Masaryk University in Brno.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2024

Son of a Slovak coachman and a Moravian cook who both served the imperial court, the young Masaryk - like Filip - was equally at home on both sides of the river.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2022

Her father was a press attaché in the Czech Embassy in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, and had worked for Czechoslovakia’s first democratic president, Tomas G. Masaryk, who retired in 1935, and his successor, Edvard Benes.

From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2022

The champion of the independence movement was Tomas Garrigue Masaryk, a wildly popular politician who traveled to America to prevail on President Woodrow Wilson for support.

From Washington Times • May 28, 2018

This was undoubtedly due, in large measure, to the activities of Professor Masaryk, the president of the National Executive Council of the Czecho-Slovaks.

From History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War by March, Francis Andrew